About Symmetry and Pattern:This section defines and illustrates the general concepts of symmetry, asymmetry, and the four basic symmetries and how they are employed in border patterns, field patterns, grids and tessellations. Rug patterns are created with color and design elements.

About Oriental Carpets highlights major rug-producing regions in the world. It describes how rugs and carpets feature two-dimensional designs but have three-dimensional structure. Students learn about warp. weft, and two types of knots, Turkish and Persian, used to create a rug’s pile.

Rug Gallery is a collection of 28 rug images and descriptions of how symmetry/asymmetry and pattern were used. The images can be enlarged and the text is accompanied by a schematic representation of the border and field patterns.

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